Comments from Parent Evenings, FB & General Feedback...​

'Managing Anxiety in Tweens & Teens' - Napier - April 2018

"Fantastic presentation. Very informative. I feel like you have answered a lot of what I thought to be 'behavioural problems' with my 11 year old son"​"So much great information to take on board"​"Enjoyed it all. Especially the cycle of anxiety which applied to myself as well as my children"​"I enjoyed & felt more connected through your anecdotes - knowing that you are living it helps. Really positive end of presentation being told you can only do what you can do as a parent!"​"The tips on how to help by changing my own behaviour was very helpful"​"Great thanks. It was really timely for our family at the moment""Great presentation - Enjoyed it & learnt lots of strategies"

"Was very useful & some great reminders & relevant examples. Also great to know some tools & strategies for early stages before things escalate"​"This workshop was a good stepping stone to understanding my teenager who has completely changed in behaviour recently"​"Just a wonderful presentation. Lovely mix of entertainment, research & examples. I will never forget the behaviour model and validating feelings."​"Very informative, relaxed presentation. Personal stories to support the approach"​"It has given me more tools to help with my kids. My son has ADHD & anxiety"​"Really glad I came - so useful thank you!"​"Very helpful to learn the triggers & strategies to help deescalate anxiety"

'Managing Anxiety in Younger Children' - Napier - March 2018

"You are amazing! Thank you for your thought provoking seminar. I loved it!""Awesome evening! Very informative & easy to listen to"​"Very informative presentation. Like how it was relevant to day to day life""I thought it was brilliant & really useful"​"I need to be aware to be an adult when dealing with tantrums rather than resorting to child behaviours""Well presented & helpful"​"It was awesome! Thanks so much! I look forward to trying some strategies."​"Lots of valuable information that makes me want to learn more about my children & their development, especially emotional literacy"

"A really great workshop. Really thorough overview. Learnt more tonight than we did in the 12 weeks of the Incredible Years programme!"

"It was helpful to know how to recognise triggers. Great!""A helpful strategy was the monster spray""The techniques offered to support children were helpful""Awesome! Great talk. Everything was very helpful"​"Great - given us heaps to try such as the social stories, breathing techniques & not forcing hugs"​"Very informative. Clear & offered great strategies. Using examples from own personal experiences was helpful and relatable"​"Thanks for the session it was really helpful. I see I use a lot of it already which is great reinforcement."​"Fabulous! The real life examples were very helpful"​

"All of it was helpful! Lots of ways to deal with various behaviours"​

'Taming Toddlers' - Napier - Feb 2016

“The whole workshop was full of lots of practical ideas for all levels. Great!”

“Really enjoyed the presentation”

"Thank you so much. You are awesome and I learnt heaps!"

"I learnt its important to acknowledge our daughters feelings and try to understand triggers for these before they escalate"​​"It was helpful to know that my child's tantrums are normal and natural and are for a reason"

"Great! The information shared gave me more tools to help to understand behaviour. Two things I found useful were how to problem solve with your child and functions of behaviour"​"It was useful to learn about the idea of natural and logical consequences. It's nice to know she isn't doing stuff to make us crazy!"

"It helped me to see that they are just children and are still learning."

"I found it useful to hear about using opportunities to teach and coach our children. The night was a good reminder for me to keep emotions out of situations where possible!"

​"The evening was extremely positive. Where I have questioned myself in parenting, it was highlighted that I am doing ok."​"It helped me to understand their reactions to situations and about the functions of behaviour."

"The presentation made me feel better. So many people make you question yourself!"

'Managing Anxiety in Children' - April 2015

"It was valuable for me to see that my child is normal and his feelings and worries are very real to him. I took away the importance of validating his feelings"

"I learnt that anger can be associated with anxiety! We are having anger issues so this will allow us to look at the possibility of anxiety too"

"It was valuable to hear the importance of gaining an understanding before problem solving."

"I enjoyed the personal examples given by the presenters."

"Learnt the difference between anxiety and fears and behavioural signs of anxiety"

"It was valuable to hear of strategies - I liked the stepladder strategy. It was also interesting to hear about emotional literacy and the importance of validating feelings."

"It was valuable to know to that it is important to identify our own worries as parents"

"Good practical strategies like social stories, rating feelings, meditation and making the worries visual"

"I enjoyed the part about acknowledging children's feelings and the importance of discussing and labelling feelings"

"Gosh where was FB & Little Ninjas 10 years ago? I'm glad this page is available for those Whanau who need the help. My boy has ADHD & boy was it hard. A lot easier now." Facebook comment by a parent - 11/2/2014

"I have to say your daily articles have become priceless to me, not only do they help me reflect on what it is I can do to help my children or what I need to stop doing to help my children is wonderful, challenging at times but wonderful nonetheless...whether it is starting the year off in a new school with a fresh start or my increasing awareness into meeting my children's needs because of this continual flow of pricelessinformation...they are happy...very happy & settled & sleeping on time & calm & that has been a long time coming for my son especially & I am overwhelmed with gratitude & so so happy so thank you for sharing your knowledge xxx"Facebook comment by a parent - 6/2/2014